The Aztec Empire flourished in the Valley of Mexico ... In Aztec culture, he gave several gifts to humankind — including books (codices), the calendar and maize (corn) — and, in some ...

In Spanish, the book is called “Tu sueño imperios han ... one of which — the Aztec empire — has often been shoddily reproduced, its complexity buffed away. This complexity stands between ...

The story of the fall of the Aztec empire is a compelling human drama that has all to often been oversimplified into a story of perceived technological or cultural advantage. For centuries ...

writes University of Madrid anthropologist Jose Luis de Rojas in his book "Tenochtitlán: Capital of the Aztec Empire" (University of Florida Press, 2012). De Rojas notes that the “early years ...

For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors ... in order to write a book in which no one ties their shoes ...

Books were burned, but not all ... It’s in these kinds of treasured spaces where you can hear the echo of the mighty Aztec empire, a short but inerasable part of Mexico’s history.

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to ...